02-24-2011, 06:52 PM
The problem is that the big name suppliers aren't afraid of overseas hackle.
They have put in 30 to 50 years of selective breeding into their birds. Overseas hackle can't compare to that, so they will always have a corner on the high end of the market.
Good local chickens or overseas hackle has a lot of good usable material, but you will really notice the hackle is shorter, less uniform, webbier, and has fewer small sizes.
You get less of what you want in the package, so that makes it expensive in the long run. If the price difference is enough, then off brands will be worth buying, even with the larger amount of material that is not the size you want.
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They have put in 30 to 50 years of selective breeding into their birds. Overseas hackle can't compare to that, so they will always have a corner on the high end of the market.
Good local chickens or overseas hackle has a lot of good usable material, but you will really notice the hackle is shorter, less uniform, webbier, and has fewer small sizes.
You get less of what you want in the package, so that makes it expensive in the long run. If the price difference is enough, then off brands will be worth buying, even with the larger amount of material that is not the size you want.
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